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RFC 1350 - 7. Premature Termination

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### 7. Premature Termination

If a request can not be granted, or some error occurs during the transfer, then an ERROR packet (opcode 5) is sent. This is only a courtesy since it will not be retransmitted or acknowledged, so it may never be received. Timeouts must also be used to detect errors.

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RFC 1350 - 7. Premature Termination